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arty-e · 5 years ago

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Hyeon & Eben’s Story Part 1

TW: Blood, pregnancy loss, death + torture

Prince River Méihuā, had been engaged to Nuo for six years, something that had been arranged by his father, King Naoki. In that time the two had grown close to one another and looked forward to their future union. However when Nuo was 18 she got an infection in her eyes and became permanently blind. Despite River’s protests Naoki ended the engagement and tried to find a different partner for River. For several years River fought off several other suitors and matches that his father had tried to force upon him. Naoki died before River ever married. As soon as River became King of Clubs he married Nuo without a second thought:

The two had two sons, Hyeon, their oldest and heir, and Eben their youngest prince. Nuo was a wonderful mother telling them stories constantly which the boys loved. The two adored their gentle mother and everything she taught them and every story she told. River was not as gentle as his wife and had high expectation but was a very loving father, however most of his attention was directed to Hyeon making sure he would become a good King of Clubs. The two brothers grew up close to one another. It was rare to see one not being close to the other:

Eben fell in love with the daughter of the Five of Clubs, Ruomei Vadas. For a long time the two struggled to get the permission from both the King and Queen of Clubs who felt Eben should be married into a much more powerful family since he was not going to inherit anything from them when they passed and everything was going to go to Hyeon when he would become the King of Clubs. Hyeon helped the couple in convincing their parents into letting Eben marry Ruomei:

It was not long after Eben and Ruomei were married did Hyeon have his own romance with the Ten of Clubs daughter Peony Ono, a very shy lady who would often run away from Hyeon which hurt his feelings constantly, especially when he wasn’t able to get a word in. Ruomei knew Peony from around court and she managed to introduce the very shy Peony to a very eager Hyeon. Despite her own jumpy nature, Peony was charmed by Hyeon’s excitement of just getting to speak to her and found him very sweet and well intentioned though very loud in his feelings. The two courted for two years before finally getting married and tied the knot:

More joy was soon proceeded with Eben and Ruomei having their first child; a baby boy, Yukio. Though Eben and Ruomei were excited about being new parents it almost seemed that Hyeon was more excited. Hyeon’s very family oriented nature was so excited for the new edition in his family and was excited about starting his own with Peony one day:

However Peony and Hyeon were not so lucky in their hopes of extending their family. The two struggled to conceive and when they did unfortunately they were never able to hold onto the pregnancy for long. The two were often left devastated and heartbroken from these moments. While Peony found comfort with Ruomei letting her spend time with Yukio and spoiling him Hyeon became less open and began to stay within himself more:

To make things harder for Hyeon and the rest of the Méihuā family River suddenly taken ill at the age of 70. The family came together to say their farewells to husband and father. River, though the one passing, was the one to comfort his family. He reassured Hyeon the most and tried to reassure him he would make a good King of Clubs. None of his words really registered with Hyeon as he was too shocked and devastated to fully accept River was leaving him forever:

After River’s death Hyeon and Peony were crowned the King and Queen of Clubs. However Hyeon struggled as he mourned his father and mourned any hopes he had of having a family with Peony. Peony noticed Hyeon’s sudden change in demeanour and change of personality and tried her best to comfort and be there for her husband. No one else truly notice dhow unwell and unstable Hyeon had become thinking it to be just him mourning and getting used to his new role:

Three years into Hyeon and Peony’s new reign Hyeon’s mental health and lack of became much more noticeable to others. He became much more irritable than he had been before and easily angered. Along with that he had become extremely paranoid, convinced everyone was after him and his wife. As time went by it only got worse as he refused to get help and would cling to Peony as his only true ally and love. His paranoia escalated to fortifying the Clubs palace and capital, Kishù where he banned people from coming in and was near impossible to leave:

With Hyeon’s paranoia increasing over time he started to make drastic decisions that began to escalate every time he made a new demand. He had beloved festivals in Clubs banned, he had food burnt deeming them poisonous and dangerous to him and his wife, he even ended a centuries long treaty with he Kingdom of Diamonds convinced they were plotting against him. Unfortunately the paranoid thoughts never stopped and only gotten worse with time. It finally extended to his brother and his family. Along with his paranoia he had become jealous of Eben and his small family he had managed to created while he and Peony were unable to have any children. He became so sure that they had been trying to get rid of him and Peony in order to take their throne away. Hyeon didn’t hesitate to have Eben and Ruomei arrested despite them protesting their innocence and that they would never want any harm to come onto him or Peony:

Eben refused to accept his brother would do this to him and refused to ‘confess’ to being traitor. He kept shouting and pleading how he was innocent and would never hurt his brother. Hyeon not taking kindly to his ‘traitor’-brother’s denial had him and his wife tortured in order to get the ‘truth’ out of them. Still Eben adamantly denied everything. Hyeon getting more and more frustrated by Eben protests and claims of innocence went down to his cell and cut out his eye himself, screaming and shouting at him to stop lying and to tell him the truth he had wanted him dead, but Eben still denied everything holding onto hope his brother was still in there:

Disclaimer: Mental health is a very serious issue and this is not me trying to vilify it. It is not the main reason for Hyeon’s actions and does not excuse them either. His mental health’s decline is part of a bigger problem

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